Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — China’s ambitions to unlock the natural gas trapped in shale rocks are likely to take longer than planned, boosting the nation’s reliance on overseas suppliers from Exxon Mobil […]
Hawaii Asks Some Big Questions About Solar Penetration
In an annual report to the Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii’s utility Hawaii Electric Company (HECO) noted there were increased costs to ratepayers as the result of a net metering policy put in […]
How Distributed Solar Can Reduce Electricity Prices
What if installing more solar could reduce electricity prices? It’s already happening in Germany, world leader in solar power, and it’s likely to happen in the U.S., too. Right now the idea […]
Cap and Trade Curbed Acid Rain: 7 Reasons Why It Can Do The Same For Climate Change
A candidate for president emphasizes the environment on the campaign trail. He promises to update the Clean Air Act to address a grave and growing pollution threat. He wins. Three weeks after […]
Lights Out for Some Coal Plants
First there were six. Now there’s three more. What’s going on in the coal-fired utility business? FirstEnergy of Ohio plans to close by September those 9 units, which supply as much as […]
Advice To President Obama: Yes We Can, But Will We?
The post below shares Nate Hagen’s timeless address to President Obama about the importance of energy in our society, written in January 2009. It goes into how energy ties into our economic […]
PACE Financing on the Rebound
Property-assessed clean energy, or PACE, financing has had a rough ride over the past few years, but it’s poised for a comeback. On the home front, we’ve got federal regulators considering ways […]
After The Gold Rush: A Perspective on Future U.S. Natural Gas Supply and Price
On January 23, 2012, Chesapeake Energy announced that it would curtail drilling in shale gas plays in the United States. Subsequently, other operators have followed suit. While the outcome of this announcement […]
Federal Research Lab Concludes China’s Costs to Produce and Deliver Solar to U.S. Market Exceed Those of U.S. Producers
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), a group of seven U.S. solar manufacturers representing more than 150 employers of more than 14,650 workers, is heralding a revised research presentation from […]
Assessing the Risks in Solar Project Development
Over the next four years, 5.7 GW of utility-scale solar PV projects is expected to be built in the U.S. and another 1.3 GW in Canada for a total of 7 GW. […]
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